ZX10R facelift

[eviltwin]

I have a green bike which is too bloody green for me (insurance replacement) it looks like a toy, so i'm thinking of painting it...like so, with metal flake....any feedback/opinions would be appreciated.

i have a mate that is a car painter so i get it done cheap ($200).

and i'm also fabricating a slash cut dump pipe motogp style, noisy, but who gives a fuck!

[HenryDorsetCase]

there isnt a day in the week that metalflake paint isnt cool. google image search Roland Sands designs to see some very cool paint treatments. among others obviously.

[placidfemme]

wow... that paint job would be damn hot!!! I really really like it

[Bytor]

Looks cool, a bit Benelli Tre'ish', and the self supporting rear brake reservoir is interesting:shit:

[Korea]

and i'm also fabricating a slash cut dump pipe motogp style, noisy, but who gives a fuck!

Well, if you don't mind more police presence, getting pulled over regularly, pissing off the general public and extra unwanted attention - go for it!

[DMNTD]

Mate that looks the biz right there! Always good to see an original bike and not a mass produced "item".
I too don't like the green either,mind you the flame job of my Limited Edition isn't much better but looks a bit better without the under tail mufflers,pillion pegs etc

[ninjac]

Very cool. Are you really going to paint that bottom green strip on the motor bits just above the clutch cover?
Let me get this straight you have a lime green ZX10R had an accident, insurance company get it repaired/repainted and it's a differnent color green now.
Thats not cricket, I would refuse to pay the excess and make them do it again with the correct colour match.

[Matt Bleck]

Yup that looks good! :niceone:

[R6_kid]

nope. he had black one that got binned, then got another one and the road didnt like it so it gave it a bit of a doing over, now he's been given one in standard green.


Personally mate i think that looks wicked. If you wanted to go OTT i saw some 'chrome paint' on Pimp My Ride. You'll get mirror finish on that silver strip up the middle... comes down to your taste but i think that would be better over silver metal flake.

Also if your dump pipe is too loud why not fab a resonator/baffle set in the mid section (belly pan part) of the pipe to cut it down a bit?

[ninjac]

Oh i see. So it is the factory green that looks like a toy:nono:
I guess if you had the black ones in the past then you are not too keen on the green in the first place. More power to ya.
Do it, it has the black you like and a bit of blingy silver with the kawasaki racing green go faster stripes. Everyone's a winner.

[The_Dover]

That'll look great with some road rash on it.

Perfect.

[kiwifruit]

i don't like it :dodge:

what about wsb colours?

[WRT]

Evittwin - that is the best suggestion for a paint job I have seen in some time. DEFINITELY do it.

[avgas]

looks bloody cool - any chance of you making a pipe for the fz? if so how much you want? I will just have to remember to bolt on the std pipe for wof

[Babelfish]

...mind you the flame job of my Limited Edition isn't much better but looks a bit better without the under tail mufflers,pillion pegs etc


go the kawachopper :shutup:

[Babelfish]

I say stick with the green, where the kawa green with pride, its part of whats made kawa's the hairy set of nutes they are. As for a bike being a toy? Arent they all? If they aint a toy what are they, a tool? Na thats usually the thing sitting on it.

[eviltwin]

looks bloody cool - any chance of you making a pipe for the fz? if so how much you want? I will just have to remember to bolt on the std pipe for wof
let me see how this one turns out first, but shouldn't be a problem man!

[eviltwin]

Hey Alan,

there was a guy at the track last week that had the motogp decals on his bike so i don't want to copy that, it looks bloody good but.

[eviltwin]

Very cool. Are you really going to paint that bottom green strip on the motor bits just above the clutch cover?
Let me get this straight you have a lime green ZX10R had an accident, insurance company get it repaired/repainted and it's a differnent color green now.
Thats not cricket, I would refuse to pay the excess and make them do it again with the correct colour match.
no i'm not going to paint the motor, that ws just a rough visual.

[eviltwin]

How about this one kiwifruit?

[kiwifruit]

Its OK, im not a fan of that shade of green.
Just a personal thing aye bro, you'll always get some bastard who doesn't like it or thinks they have a better idea eh :yes:

what about black on top as it is, the factory Ti colour thru the middle and the 04 zx10r green (not the bright lime, slightly darker) on the bot bot

[Nutter34]

Second version is much better...

[Madness]

That second one is bloody beauutifuul,,,:love:

[Leong]

That Green bike didn't really look like you ...... FWIW I like your first version, essentially a black bike with a few "accents", classy IMO.
And getting rid of the underseat exhausts looks good too!! (almost as cool as a K6 Gixxer :dodge: )

[scracha]

Eddie Lawson era paintjob ZX10 would be cool. Or mibby the green and purple ZX-7 style?

[SimJen]

I've never been into Kwaka green, but the latest Motogp bike is a lot nicer colour than the old ones........almost "V" like.

[Mental Trousers]

2nd version is better

[jade]

yo evil if you do that to your bike I will bow down..
That would be the best looking 10r I'd ever laid eyes on.
Who you insured with again ?
I need to get insurance now that Ive got my licence back (5 months riding with no ins now) lost the front twice kneedown on roundabouts but managed to stamp my foot down !
I remember your insurance had a stand at that bike show couple months ago with your first 10r there

[speed63]

Nothing wrong with Green, totally unbiased.

The second pic is the Biz, I want one:yes:

[The Pastor]

and i'm also fabricating a slash cut dump pipe motogp style, noisy, but who gives a fuck!

Eh? the wof man?

[Mole_C]

That looks bloody nice. I like the 1st one but with the top green strip all the way back to the seat like the 2nd one :yes:

[Theatre]

First one looks bloody awesome, agreed with Mole above, extend that green strip and its perfection.

[eviltwin]

yo evil if you do that to your bike I will bow down..
That would be the best looking 10r I'd ever laid eyes on.
Who you insured with again ?
I need to get insurance now that Ive got my licence back (5 months riding with no ins now) lost the front twice kneedown on roundabouts but managed to stamp my foot down !
I remember your insurance had a stand at that bike show couple months ago with your first 10r there
star insurance, they rock!

[eviltwin]

thanks for your feedback all, it's booked in for next week...photos will be posted on completion.

[slinky]

I have a green bike which is too bloody green for me (insurance replacement) it looks like a toy, so i'm thinking of painting it...like so, with metal flake....any feedback/opinions would be appreciated.

i have a mate that is a car painter so i get it done cheap ($200).

and i'm also fabricating a slash cut dump pipe motogp style, noisy, but who gives a fuck!

looks cool! perhaps a different shade of green on it though. looked sorta out of place 2 me.
a darker mat green or somefin

[Morcs]

That'll look great with some road rash on it.

Perfect.


Nah, they look fantastic with a bit of mild gravel rash.